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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Investigators are examining the incident more broadly, including technical, operational, medical and human factors, and it remains unclear what caused the aircraft to plunge.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Spanning 3,180 square feet, the home is akin to a resort-level wellness retreat, offering a large cedar hot tub, a cold plunge, and a dry sauna.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Again, nobody since Wilson almost a century ago has experienced a plunge that dramatic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

And for the two-second trip, Palmer felt something more than the thrill of the plunge.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Once the results are announced, implied volatility typically plunges.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

“PRP, stem cells, cold plunges, GLP-1s,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Kiki, however, lives in a world that sees magic as part of the natural order, which plunges her into an existential crisis when she loses hers.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Woo backflips into the water with irritating grace, still holding the dashiki as he plunges downward.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

As the water level at Lake Mead has plunged to a historic low, more human remains are emerging from the depths of the nation’s largest reservoir.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

That verdict was abundantly clear recently when AstraZeneca AZN 2.05%increase; up pointing triangle shares plunged following a Financial Times report that it had explored a merger with Bristol Myers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

By July 30, when the fund was forced to negotiate a bailout deal with Citadel, shares in the two semiconductor plays had plunged — Sandisk had collapsed 43% and Micron 24%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Porsche's operating profit plunged by more than 90 percent last year and it has announced a series of job cuts.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

At the next building, there was no plank at all, only a treacherous crevice that plunged into the alley below.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Births fell last year by nearly four percent, plunging the fertility rate to an 80-year low, national statistics show.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The news sent shares of listed Tata companies plunging and has led to questions over what lies ahead for the gigantic salt-to-steel conglomerate that owns Air India, Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

As recently as the 1990s, Thailand’s plunging birthrate was celebrated as a success by demographers worried about overpopulation and resource scarcity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

She takes off like a shot, and I follow, plunging into the night.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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